Lawsuits/Litigation Archives - Page 10 of 14

Lawsuits/Litigation

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past two weeks that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • In response to a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners held in solitary, the state of North Carolina filed a motion claiming that “prison guards used ‘minimal forc’ […]

News & Features

Lawsuits/Litigation

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

Seven Days in Solitary [6/9/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Thirty Days in Solitary

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

The End of Tamms Supermax

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

New York Prisoner Gets Five Years in Solitary for Cell Phone Smuggled in by Guard

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary